The Salem hockey team's Goleniak twins — Austin and Colin — peaked at the right time Wednesday night against host Livonia Churchill — on opposite ends of the ice.

And their older brother Zach had a pretty productive night as well.

Moments after Rocks freshman goal-tender Austin Goleniak made a pair of game-saving, breath-taking overtime saves against the Chargers, Colin Goleniak re-directed a blistering slap-shot by Marty Mills off the cross-bar and into the net at the 4:42 mark to lift Salem to an entertaining 5-4 victory.

The win improved Salem's record to 2-2 while Churchill slipped to 4-2.

Zach Goleniak helped make the overtime opportunity possible with two regulation goals.

The Kensington Lakes Activities Association instituted an eight-minute, sudden-death overtime format prior to this season — much to the delight of the crowd in attendance at Eddie Edgar Arena Wednesday night, especially, as it turned out, members of the Goleniak family.

"As soon as I saw Marty get ready to shoot, I got to the net as fast as I could," reflected Colin Goleniak. "I felt ecstatic when I saw the puck in the net. I went right up to Marty and told him how sick his shot was."

As soon as the Rocks realized they had won, they converged for a celebratory group hug against the boards along the south perimeter of the rink with the guy who scored the goal . . . or at least the guy they thought scored the goal.

"Nobody really said anything to me because they thought Marty scored the goal," Goleniak said, smiling, when asked about the post-game celebration. "Then word got over that I tipped it in and everybody congratulated me."

While the players' adrenaline was rushing at a rapid pace the second the opening puck was dropped a little after 8 p.m. Wednesday, its velocity ramped up considerably during the sudden-death session, the Rocks' game-winning goal scorer admitted.

"You have to work that much harder (in overtime) because you don't want to be that last line out there that gets scored on."

Austin Goleniak watched all but the final 1 minute and 30 seconds of the first period from the Rocks' bench before replacing starting goalie Matt Visel after John Doyle's second goal of the night gave the Chargers a 3-1 lead.

"Austin really battles," raved Salem head coach Ryan Ossenmacher. "He's a little under-sized, so he has to play athletic, he has to be aggressive and stand at the top of his crease. He came in and made a few big saves that allowed us to get back in the game.

"Matt didn't play that poorly, but there were a couple he probably wish he could have had back. But the team came back and won, which is the most important thing."

Churchill head coach Jason Reynolds said he liked how his team came out of the gates with fire in their eyes.

"Our goal was to get Salem back on their heels right away, and we did that with the fast start," he said. "It just came down to two very competitive teams playing in a game that went down to the wire.

"I credit Salem for continuing to come at us even when it was 3-1.

Doyle broke the scoring ice three minutes in with a slap shot he launched from above the left circle. He was assisted by Tyler Haydu.

Salem countered quickly, evening the scoreboard at 1-1 at the 11-minute mark when Sean McCormack flipped the puck in front of the net from the blue line. The puck bounced off Nathan Homrich and onto the stick of Nick Callegari, who spun and buried it into the net.

With 9:22 left in the first period, the Chargers went back in front 2-1 after Nolan Cioch scored an unassisted goal when his long-range shot eluded Visel.

A few minutes later, John Doyle cranked one off the post; Salem's Callegari did the same at the other end shortly thereafter, while Salem had a power play, keeping it 2-1.

Mills had a dangerous rush with about three minutes to go, but Churchill goalie Drew Broyles deflected it with his blocker.

Doyle heightened the Chargers' comfort level a touch when he lasered a rope past Visel to make it 3-1 with 1:47 left in the period.

Salem's climb back into the game began four minutes into the middle period when Colin Goleniak threw a puck from a ridiculous angle along the north boards at the net. The puck glanced off Broyles' stick and into the net, and just like that the Rocks' deficit was 3-2.

Churchill maintained a one-goal lead during the second intermission after Salem's Zach Goleniak and Churchill's Conor Burnette traded goals.

Zach Goleniak made it 4-4 with 11:14 remaining in regulation thanks to an assist from Shawn Weldon — setting the stage for his siblings' overtime heroics.